A/N: I decided to redo some of my earlier chapters, I've fixed some mechanical errors and added a bit more detail :)
Disclaimer: Don't own any of them, wish I did....
Prologue
First Officers Log star date 5794.3. The enterprise is orbiting over Rika 12, in response to a distress call from the Hulinas- The humanoids that inhabit the planet. Apparently there supplies, both food and medical have been destroyed by a predator on the planet. The Enterprise has been called in for medical assistance; the tribe has contracted a disease which they do not have the supplies to combat. Therefore they require the aid of Dr. McCoy and Nurse Chapel. End log.
I almost added a personal note, this will be the first time I have seen Christine since our forced kiss by the platonians. Illogical though it is I am worried that seeing me again would humiliate Christine once again. I am fully aware that neither I nor the nurse had control over the situation, and neither of us was harmed. Yet I still feel responsible for the humiliation she suffered. Enough of these illogical thoughts! I decide to check over the equipment I will be bringing down: My tricorder, always a necessity; a phaser that is fully charged- the planet has a lot of predatory animals on it; a blanket, we are to bring our own sleeping supplies since all their extras were destroyed; and enough food to last me a few days. I pack it all up and set it in the backpack I will be bringing. I then put on my coat, a long and thickly padded piece with a fur trimmed collar. For some reason my thoughts keep returning to the Platonians. I wonder if they realized what they did to Christine. How deeply they hurt and embarrassed her and whether or not they even cared that they did. I shake my self out of my thoughts; I do not have the time to waste on thinking about the past. I collect my items and head for the transporter room.